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" Le Diatomiste " ... ... ... ... In exchange. 



' •' La Nuova Notarisia " ... ... ... ,, „ 



" American Monthly Microscopical Journal " ,, ,, 

 •• Journal of Applied Microscopy " ... ... ,, ,, 



'• Botanical Gazette" ... ... ... „ ,, 



" Proceedings of various Societies " ... ., ,, 



With regard to the Cabinet, the only noteworthy addition has 

 been the valuable gift of a hundi^ed slides of diatoms, mounted by 

 Professor Hamilton Smith, from Mr. E. M. Nelson, to whom the 

 Club is indebted for many similar donations. 



As promised in the last Report, a list of the Tatem Collection 

 of Insects has been prepared by Mr. C. Turner ; but, after careful 

 consideration, the Committee decided not to have this printed, as 

 it is almost impossible to verify the nomenclature, and unless the 

 specimens are correctly named their value is too small to justify 

 any great outlay upon them. A vote of thanks is due to Mr. 

 Turner for the considerable trouble he has been put to in making 

 this manuscript catalogue. 



The usual two numbers of the Journal have been issued, and 

 an improvement: w^U be noticed in the paper and letterpress ; yet 

 the total cost has been reduced by about e£15. On the other 

 hand, the receipts for advertisements are nearly £8 in excess of 

 last year's ; but, of course, both these amounts lare liable to fluc- 

 tuation. Until lately it was the custom to insert lists of the 

 objects exhibited at the meetings, but these, being mere names, 

 were without further value, and it was thought advisable to omit 

 Ihem. There will be no objection to recontinuing these lists, 

 l>rovided some short explanatory notes referring to the points of 

 interest accompany the specimens ; and new exhibition slips have 

 been printed for the purpose. 



As a result of the differences above mentioned, and also owing 

 to the fact that there has not been the outlay on a Conversazione 

 to provide for, the finances show a balance of about £4:0 in 

 excess of that with which the year was begun. It must not, 

 however, be lost sight of that our present membership is only just 

 sufficient to furnish the ordinary annual expenses of the Club, 

 notwithstanding the careful manner in which these are looked 

 after and controlled by the Treasurer. 



The Comniiltec desires to cordially acknowledge the efficient 



